Spare the rod

[despairection]

[DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAD WHY DID YOU SHUT OFF EVERYTHING YOU'RE A MEANY POOPHEAD

.../cough

When Henri wakes up after all the...that, he knows he's in for a talking-to. ...He's not really that remorseful about it, either, he just wishes that he'd been able to get them out of the way before Lysandre was able to intervene.

No matter how much of a shame it would've been to see Bito-kun and Fleischer-kun die, after all the fun they'd had... Well, it would've been just one more game to play with them, anyway!

...Anyway yes, Papa Bear is probably not happy, and Henri's going to just try to...avoid him...for a few minutes...]

Comments

[holocast]

...Are you.

[It's not so much a question as it is a response, the sort of thing you say when you fully expect the answer to be "no."]

[despairection]

...There's a chance you might get killed now, because of me.

Isn't that the kind of thing people are supposed to be sorry for?

[holocast]

It was going to work out this way regardless. I think you knew that. That's why you tried to -

[Just. Give him a moment. It's been something of a hard...while.]

...Either way, I appreciate the apology.

[despairection]

...Does this mean you'll at least give me something to do while I'm stuck in here?

[Oh you little--]

[holocast]

[...god, it probably says something when that nearly makes him laugh, what the hell.]

No, it doesn't.

Apologies are basic decency, not leverage. But it was a nice try.

[despairection]

[Huff!]

Oh come on, Solitaire, Minesweeper, a Text-Based RPG, give me something to do~! I've got five billion processes and they're all going to be SO BORED.

[holocast]

It's hardly punishment if it's fun, you know.